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About igalindo

Israel Galindo is Professor and Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary.

Handout: Characteristics of a good group member

Posted on February 7, 2007 by igalindo

A handout on the characteristics of a good group member. Free to use as long as copyright notice remains on the handout. Share your stuff. (.pdf, one page)

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Leadership education development for your church members

Posted on February 7, 2007 by igalindo

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) makes a splash in the latest issue of the Religious Herald, the state Baptist paper of Virginia (Feb 8, 2007, Vol. 180 No 3). The issue has a front page above-the-fold feature story about … Continue reading →

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The medium is the message

Posted on February 7, 2007 by igalindo

One of the things I’m informally studying during my sabbatical is how “style” (forms, media) influence communication and learning. It’s related to “how the brain learns” and all that. I’ve been interested in this topic keenly since I read, and … Continue reading →

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Church growth rant

Posted on February 6, 2007 by igalindo

I continue to find that students come to seminary with certain (misguided) assumptions about churches. A popular one is the assumption that the goal of ministry is to grow a congregation numerically, that is, to work at increasing the membership … Continue reading →

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